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Dubai residential market report
October 2026 edition · data through 12 Oct 2026 · methodology v2.1
In the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, the Dubai Land Department registered 175,153 residential sale transactions worth AED 473.9B in total, down 13.0% by count and down 15.7% by value versus the prior 12 months. The median price of built residential property (apartments and villas) was AED 1,735/sqft, up 5.6% year on year. Off-plan sales made up 68% of registered transactions. Figures cover registered, completed sales only; the most recent weeks are still settling and are excluded from month-level trends.
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Sales volume · 12M
AED 473.9B
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · Methodology ↗
Registered transactions per month · all of Dubai
11,033 in Sept 2026
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · trans_group = Sales · quality-filtered · complete months only · Methodology ↗
Median price per sqft
AED 1,735
▲ 5.6%YoY
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · outlier-trimmed median with IQR band · built residential · complete months only · Methodology ↗
Median price per sqft: off-plan vs ready
Off-plan +23% vs ready · latest
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · per-cell monthly medians by reg_type · complete months only · Methodology ↗
Where the money is
Registered apartment and villa sales grouped by price, trailing 12 months. Homes under AED 2M are 70% of transactions but only 39% of the money, so most of the market's value sits in the higher bands.
- Under 1M51,57434.1%AED 35.8B12.6%
- 1M – 2M54,38735.9%AED 75.9B26.8%
- 2M – 5M38,93425.7%AED 115.6B40.8%
- 5M – 10M5,1023.4%AED 33.2B11.7%
- 10M – 20M9860.7%AED 13.1B4.6%
- 20M+3050.2%AED 9.5B3.3%
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · built residential · registered sale price · trailing 12 months · Methodology ↗
DLD Residential Sales Price Index
Dubai's official quarterly residential price index, published by the Land Department. Reported as settled quarters, so it is not distorted by the registration lag that affects the latest weeks.
Index · Q4 2025
167.3
Quarter on quarter
+3.3%
Year on year
+8.9%
Source: DLD via Dubai Pulse · Updated · DLD Residential Sales Price Index · quarterly · official settled figures · Methodology ↗
Monthly editions
One frozen, citable edition per month, published on the second Monday after the month ends.
- September 2026AED 1,734 +5.9%
- August 2026AED 1,734 +6.7%
- July 2026AED 1,737 +8.2%
- June 2026AED 1,737 +9%
- May 2026AED 1,738 +10%
- April 2026AED 1,738 +10.5%
How to read these numbers
Every figure counts registered, completed transactions from official Dubai Land Department open data, not asking prices or listings. Prices are outlier-trimmed medians with an interquartile range, never averages. DLD registrations fill in over several weeks, so the most recent calendar months are systematically undercounted; for that reason this report leads with trailing 12-month and settled-quarter figures and excludes the in-progress edge month from month-level trends. Mortgages and gifts are tracked separately and never mixed into sale prices. Why this median can differ from the DLD index and from mix-adjusted indices is explained on median vs index. Full definitions are on the methodology page (version 2.1, updated 2026-08-13).
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Dubai Real Estate Data, Dubai Residential Market Report, data through 12 Oct 2026. https://www.dubairealestatedata.com/report
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